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Fortifying APIs with Advanced Security

2021-08-10 KENNETH 0

Fortifying APIs with Advanced Security If you follow tech news, it often seems like “another day, another security breach”. Increasingly, though, breaches are taking the form of attacks on APIs. You’re not safe even when taking a break to exercise – a security researcher recently found that an API from stationary bike vendor Peloton delivered private user account data in response to unauthenticated requests! In F5’s The State of Application Strategy in 2021 report, 58% of respondents said they are building a layer of APIs to modernize applications. With the rise of DevOps, cloud, and microservices, applications and the APIs that underpin them need to be supported across a distributed environment that includes, but isn’t limited to: On premises, cloud, and hybrid environments Development, testing, staging, sandbox, and production environments Internal APIs that foster collaboration among developers and unlock data silos [ more… ]

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USN-5033-1: Perl vulnerability

2021-08-10 KENNETH 0

USN-5033-1: Perl vulnerability It was discovered that the Perl Encode library incorrectly handled paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to trick the library into executing arbitrary code from the current working directory. Source: USN-5033-1: Perl vulnerability

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Looking to find a new career? Follow these 4 steps

2021-08-09 KENNETH 0

Looking to find a new career? Follow these 4 steps If you’re looking for a new career, you may well be wondering where to start. A good place is a new page on the Windows Resource Center that identifies four steps to take and gives you pointers to move ahead. You’ll find out about jobs that have the greatest number of openings and the skills you can learn online to compete for them. You’ll get a pointer to a new template from Microsoft Word to help make your résumé and cover letter stand out from the pack. You’ll get tips on organizing your online search and those results, so you can quickly get to them later. And you’ll get a tip on using Microsoft Teams to network. Head over to the Windows Resource Center and good luck with your career [ more… ]

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USN-5032-2: Docker vulnerabilities

2021-08-09 KENNETH 0

USN-5032-2: Docker vulnerabilities USN-5032-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Docker. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 21.04. Original advisory details: Several vulnerabilities were fixed in Docker. This update provides a new upstream version that fixed them. Source: USN-5032-2: Docker vulnerabilities

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Widgets in WordPress 5.8 and Beyond

2021-08-09 KENNETH 0

Widgets in WordPress 5.8 and Beyond Copy and Design by @critterverse WordPress 5.8 brings the power of Gutenberg blocks to widget areas — which means the highly customizable layout and styling options bring you closer to a WYSIWYG editing experience. I made a test site based on the oldie-but-goodie Twenty Sixteen theme, with three separate widget areas. In this post, I’ll highlight a few cool things that are now possible to do with your widgets and where things may be heading next. Create Interesting Visual Effects With Overlapping Layouts and Duotone Images Appearance-wise, users have a lot more control over widget areas than ever before — especially through the use of blocks with customization options like the Cover and Image block. Here’s what I can create in the classic widgets editor (above) versus what I can create in the new block-based [ more… ]